Any newspaper reporter worth his or her salt is a keen observer, and by that I mean very little ever slips by unnoticed.

It does happen, though.

Nov. 1, for example, while Colorado branch of Volunteers of America was honoring The Denver Post’s fashion editor, Suzanne Brown, at the inaugural Service with Style luncheon.

Brown was seated at Mary Rossick Kern’s table at the Four Seasons Hotel Denver and in the pause between the clearing of the salad plates and the serving of the entree she was engaging in lighthearted banter with friends who’d approached to offer congratulations.

The chit-chat continued as the waitstaff did its thing. It was so engaging that Brown barely looked up as one particularly good-looking waiter leaned down to put her plate on the table.